ἀμφίβληστρον
From LSJ
πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
English (LSJ)
τό,
A anything thrown round: 1 casting-net, Hes.Sc.215, Hdt.1.141, 2.95; ἀμφιβλήστρῳ περιβάλλεσθαι Men.27, cf. Stratt.7, Epil.1, Ph.Bel.95, Ev.Matt.4.18. b metaph., of the garment thrown like a net over Agamemnon, A.Ag.1382, Ch.492; of the shirt of Nessus, Ἐρινύων ὑφαντὸν ἀ. S.Tr.1052; ἀμφίβληστρα σώματος ῥάκη rags thrown around body, E.Hel.1079. 2 fetter, bond, A.Pr.81. 3 of encircling walls, ἀμφίβληστρα τοίχων E.IT96.
